The French government is being called on to take measures to address cases of sexual abuse and assault committed using so-called date-rape drugs. Five months after the trial of Dominique Pellicot, who was convicted of drugging his wife so that dozens of strangers could rape her, a French parliamentary report has made 50 recommendations to address the use of the drugs.
The trial of Gisele Pelicot’s husband, who put drugs in her food and drink to sedate her in order to rape her, made global headlines and “created an electric shock”, MP Sandrine Josso, who co-authored the report, told the AFP news agency.
